This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 6, 2015.
Let’s do a practice round!
Proscribe means:
A) To suggest
B) To alter
C) To prohibit
D) To donate
Cool Word Challenge: Dissemble and Proscribe
August 8, 2015 by
Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.
Here are the words again:
Dissemble: To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
Proscribe: To prohibit or forbid, especially by law.
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Voting Is No Longer Proscribed!
August 7, 2015 by
In the United States when you turn 18 years old, one of the many rights you gain is the right to vote.
But did you know that women in America were proscribed (see definition and hear pronunciation below) from voting and did not gain this right until 1920?
At that time, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified allowing women to vote.
Due to the suffrage movement led by many women, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women were finally given an equal voice in American government.
Women, of course, continue to play an important role in our democracy today!
Cool word question of the day: Why do you think that a woman’s right to vote was proscribed prior to 1920?
Proscribe: To prohibit or forbid, especially by law.
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